Lowell Collins

Lowell Collins Description

LOWELL Daunt COLLINS (1924–2003)

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Lowell Collins was raised in Houston and took classes at the Museum School (now Glassell School). While in the U.S. Air Force, he was stationed in Colorado Springs where he studied under Otis Dozier at the Colorado School of Arts and Design (now Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center). He was studying at the Art Students League in New York when he accepted a position as an instructor at the Glassell School, eventually retiring as its dean.

After retiring, Collins opened a private school and art gallery and, as his intense interest and expertise in the ancient art of Mezzo-America grew, his name and gallery became associated with pre-Columbian and tribal art. He occasionally turned his gallery over to selected contemporary artists with the assistance of his son and business partner, artist Michael Roque Collins.